Software Engineering Lead - Java or Python, React JS

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Software Engineering Lead within Optum Technology, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of innovative full-stack software solutions. In this role, you will leverage backend technologies such as Java or Python alongside frontend frameworks like React to build modern, scalable APIs and user interfaces. You will work in an agile, quality-driven environment incorporating automated testing, DevOps practices, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and containerized platform architectures.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of full-stack software applications utilizing React for frontend development and Java or Python for backend APIs
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions and automated capabilities to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on responsible technology practices
• Leverage enterprise-approved automation and tools to streamline development workflows, optimize code quality, and drive continuous technical improvement
• Evaluate emerging trends and strategic innovations to inform architectural solution design and platform enhancement
• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud-native application infrastructure
• Implement robust automated testing frameworks and practices (e.g., TDD, JUnit, Jest) to enforce rigorous software quality standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional technical teams, architects, and product owners to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient applications
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or 4+ years of equivalent software engineering experience
• 6+ years of experience working as a backend software developer with Java or Python
• 2+ years of experience working as a software developer with JavaScript or TypeScript
• 2+ years of experience building frontend application features using React
• 2+ years of experience designing and styling web interfaces using CSS

Preferred Qualifications

Healthcare industry experience

Experience developing REST-based APIs and microservices architectures

Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Hibernate

Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) using testing frameworks such as JUnit, Spock, Vitest, or Jest

Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Grafana) to ensure system reliability and performance

Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL

Hands-on experience with container platforms and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service [AKS], OpenShift)

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.